The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-07-01
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Ths only refuge lies in flight 10 Capadl
OF Chine, ss. n man Is apt to fare uorsi
IN Mexico OF tho South 4 mstican stAtel
than at the pluca whsrs bis ctilnb wa
committed. On Thursday night laat ;
man Was arrested ~ Bfowssyille, whoa'
history sosa far towards heating as ca
in these assertions. Ills nsms il Bry'
ant d. Craudall, and be il q native u
weAtsrn Nee York. aged About 46 years,
hnt be has been going undsF shs alias
of Ldih.r +. Dennis IN this state and
has PASSED himself for rsf.i med circus
clown. Sush man found no diEiicalty
in palming himself oG st tima like
thiu when prohibition amendment Is
being subo,is.sd to The people, and
prsyed upon the credulily Of the TEN
PoraIns advocates ia the bneolie villages
of Marion aud Lian o1aatis.. To asy
that be bad been sho yman and bad
retired from IL because he believed Il 10
b. vicious and dissoluts avoca,ion, ws4
10 commend himself to the good grAe~s
Of ~ those hospltabls but vefdaut
grAnsers who rely upon the lAN to ao-
oomplish for them what they cannot
perform for themselves.
Bryant b. CrandAIl weat isto the
war as private soldier aud rscsivsd an
honorable discharge. After the surrsn-
der Of Lee he went into the oil rsgioss
Of Psansylvanis, " here hs worked ~ .
cafPentsr, ,althongh be pever served an
Aapretenticsahip At thst trade or any
other. But be was n man Of natural
mechanical bent and could turn his
hand o. almost anything. He went TO
b. ffalo subsequently, ,and was for years
3 very diIigant and industriou. man.
SOMEHOW or othsr, b. conceived The
idea of raking = fortune suddenly BY
defranding certain bensvolsnt and char
liable institutions, which make life In
sata ahcs The chief feature Of their organ.
iEstion. or course, this is one of the
games which, ss Marx Twain's fellow
pilot says, "yon have 10 die 10 beat il.
but CrandalI vas fully equal 10 The
emergency. He drst joined ths Ancient
Order Ct United Wnrkmea, next The
Regal Templars of Temperance, shep
the Masonic Life Association Of West
ern New York and laz.ly,;y smigsaling
20 Illinois, the Northwestern Masonic
Aid AsSoeistion, whose head othse IL In
the city Of Cbicsgo. Ia each of shess
four societies he received bsnsGciary
certificate for two thouFand dollarh,up-
ON which be bad TO pay moslhly ASSESS
ments, vary ing from one TO thres dollars
psr month. To man working along
from day TO day. with al honeat purpoas
10 view. ak or eight dollars per month
il a pretty heavy tax bat TO = msu
contemplating the contamination Of .
faud by which be WAS to receive eight
thonsaud dollars, or have his family re.
ceiss !, for bin, |. was 4 lnsrs drop Ia
the bucket. 81 things went along un-
Gil the lirss week in April, 1886, when
the opportunity came. rhe bols Vt ~
unknown msp, about 43 yeats at age,
was found drowned near Niagara Falls,
and witnesses sppessei bafose the
coroner anu testified their positive
kno ~lsdge that the eorrse was that of
Bryant b. Crand4ll formerly of Buffalo.
N. Y. Upon tli IS showing the life in
suranca associations above named, after
due deliberatian, paid over to the parties
named AS recipients therefor, tie sun OF
eight Thousand dollars and there the
natter would have ended in ell probs-
bility, bot for the b1om which overlook
thu beautiful little city of Los Angeles
In the winter of ISSG-S7. Among the
countless tbon@s ds who sought to sx-
ehsnge the les aud snow Of the Atlantic
cities for tbe bsImy air and fragrant
orange blossoms of s Southern California,
was a gentleman from Baff.lo,s min Of
wealth and rsli. billy, .wao net oaly
knew Grand Il from bis youth bur was
also we'll acquairted with Mr.. Nelson
o. Tiffany, secretary Of one Of the
benevolent associations which Gran
dali had defrauded. He accosted his
man, who denied being the party 10
question and stoutly asserted his
ignorance ofthe gentlemen's identity.
A day or two later, he had emptied
the city OF his presence and this con-
vinced the BuffaIonian that he was
the real Crandall, I'm spite OF his asser-
tIon to the contrary. This was about
the 1Sh OF last Maieb, since which
time circulars containing pictures OF
CrandalI as he looked % years ago
10 the nrIny, and also as he lonks
now, were addressed to every Work
mans lodge in the Pacific states, Of
fering reward OF $1,000 for his re-
turn TO either Chicago or Buffalo.
About month ego, this reformed
circus CLOVIS, calling himself Luther
T. Dennis, applied to the trustees oi